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M. GOLLAHER. BRooM-WINMNG MACHINE.

Patented' sept. 5, lve.

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MICHAEL GCLLAHEE, 0E CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNCE or CNE-HALE HIS EIGHTtro MICHAEL CAHILL, 0E SAME PLACE.

IMPRVENI'ENT IN BROOM-WINDING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 181,935, datedSeptember 5, 1876; application filed June 7, 1876.

or plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 a perspective of the part whichconstitutes the tension-clamp.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

The broom-corn used in making broom-corn brooms and brushes is gradedinto several grades or qualities, and placed loosely on a table orplatform, so as to be conveniently reached by the operator while workingthe Windingmachine. The diierent grades or kinds of corn are thus liableto become mixed, .and so retard the operation of winding.

The object of this invention is to prevent i the different grades frombeing mixed, and

at the same time to aid the operator in selecting the kind he may needfrom time to time. 'Io this end my invention consists in providing themachine with a perforated platform adapted to receive the gradedbundles, and arranged for Convenience of access. It also consists ofsucha platform, when made rotary, to still further aid the operator inselecting the material he may need.

In the drawing, A represents the frame of the machine, and B the tableor platform heretofore in use, and first above referred to. O is thetreadle or foot-reel. D is a pulley or belt-Wheel on the reel-shaft. Eis a rotary clutch driven by a belt on the Wheel D. F is a broom-stick,held by the clutch, and G is the tension. H is the wire employed to bindthe corn upon the stick or handle.

All of these parts are old, both with regard to their construction andarrangement, except as relates to the arrangement of the tension, whichwill be hereinafter more fully explained. I have deemed it best to referto these parts thus brieiiy, in order that their relation to myimprovements may be readily understood.

I is a platform, having therein the perforations a a, in the latter ofwhich the bundles of graded material are to be arranged, respectively.This platform, as Will be perceived from'reference to the drawing, is soarranged that the material in its perforations or pockets may beconveniently reached by a workman standing at the reel; but to enablehim to reach the material still more conveniently the platform ispreferably made capable of being rotated on the central pin or post I. Acheap and convenient way of making the platform I is to arrange twoparts horizontally and parallel to each other, connecting them by meansof posts c e, and perfor-ating the upper part only, as represented inFig. l. Y

The table B iS not essential when the platform I is used; but may beemployed in the same mach-ine, ifdeemeddesirable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in the same machine, of the table or platform I,having therein the perforations or pockets a a, with the broomwindingmechanism, substantially as andfor the purposes specified.

2. The combination, in the same machine, of the rotary table or platformI, having therein the perforations or pockets a a, With thebroom-Winding mechanism, Substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

MICHAEL GOLLAHER.

Witnesses n MICHAEL GAHILL, F. F. WARNER.

